History Main / CombatCueStick

* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': Gold uses a cue stick as his weapon of choice. Not only can he use it to call out his Pokémon, but it's also strong enough to shatter ice and [[spoiler: keep Lugia, a legendary Pokemon, from closing his mouth to use his breath attacks]].

** ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski'': During the ''Other'' story arc, Mary Jane uses a pool cue to fight off a LoonyFan who has been [[StalkerWithACrush stalking her]].
** ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} meets "Stick" in a pool hall. Several losing gamblers think that Stick had lied about being blind to hustle them. Daredevil's martial arts mentor + pool cue = CurbStompBattle.
** 8-Ball, a minor villain in ''ComicBook/{{Sleepwalker}}'', has his whole costume and arsenal themed entirely around pool. This includes a cue stick that magnifies any force applied to it more than a thousandfold and transmits that force to anything it strikes. He also uses bombs designed to look like pool balls.

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* 8-Ball, a minor villain in the greater Marvel Universe, has his whole costume and arsenal themed entirely around pool. This includes a cue stick that magnifies any force applied to it more than a thousandfold and transmits that force to anything it strikes. He also uses bombs designed to look like pool balls.
* ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderManJMichaelStraczynski'': During the ''Other'' story arc, Mary-Jane uses a pool cue to fight off a LoonyFan who had been [[StalkerWithACrush stalking her]].
* ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': Beast's introduction has him fighting off an anti-mutant racist who attacks him with a pool cue.
* [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ComicBook/Daredevil Daredevil]] was meeting "Stick" in a pool hall. Several losing gamblers thought Stick had lied about being blind to hustle them. Daredevil's martial arts mentor + pool cue = [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomp Battle]].

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': At the start of one episode, Mal gets into a bar brawl using cue sticks after pickpocketing a [[AssholeVictim slave trader]]. Notably, the balls were holographic (presumably so they couldn't be used as weapons) but the sticks were not.

* ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}'': Pool cues are among the various {{Improvised Weapon}}s players can use to kill targets.

Much like [[BatterUp baseball bats]] and [[GolfClubbing golf clubs]], cue sticks are sports equipment that frequently appear in fiction as weapons. Usually they are {{Improvised Weapon}}s in {{Bar Brawl}}s but some characters [[ImprobableWeaponUser will use them as their]] weapon of coice. This is not too surprising as they are very close in length to staves.

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Much like [[BatterUp baseball bats]] and [[GolfClubbing golf clubs]], cue sticks are sports equipment that frequently appear in fiction as weapons. Usually they are {{Improvised Weapon}}s in {{Bar Brawl}}s but some characters [[ImprobableWeaponUser will use them as their]] WeaponOfChoice. This is not too surprising as they are very close in length to staves.

* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': Gold uses a cue stick as his WeaponOfChoice. Not only can he use it to call out his Pokémon, but it's also strong enough to shatter ice and [[spoiler: keep Lugia, a legendary Pokemon, from closing his mouth to use his breath attacks]].

SisterTrope to SimpleStaff. Some users of this weapon might have an entire moveset revolving around pool, snooker, or billiards, making them an example of IKnowMaddenKombat.

* ''ComicBook/JMSSpiderMan'': During the ''Other'' story arc, Mary-Jane uses a pool cue to fight off a LoonyFan who had been [[StalkerWithACrush stalking her]].

* A minor villain in the greater Marvel Universe is 8-Ball whose costume and arsenal is themed entirely around pool. This includes a cue stick that magnifies any force applied to it more than a thousandfold and transmits that force to anything it strikes. He also uses bombs designed to look like pool balls.

* ''Film/TheDarkKnight'': After killing Gambol, the Joker tells Gambol's weapon that there will be "tryouts" for which of them can get into his employ. The Joker then breaks a pool cue in half for the men to use as weapons in a fight to the death.

* ''Series/Supergirl2015'': In "Exodus", Alex fights off several CADMUS agents who attack the alien bar using a pool cue.

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': One of the victims in "Corporate Warriors" is a man who was found dead from a splinter to the heart. An eyewitness tells the [=CSI=]s she saw the victim in a fight with another man using pool cues as weapons. However, the weapon that killed the victim is revealed to be a tree branch.

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Combat Cue Sticks are sometimes broken in half by the wielder, either to use as clubs or eskrima sticks, or to be used as stabbing weapons using the broken end.

SisterTrope to SimpleStaff. Some users of this weapon might have an entire moveset revolving around pool, snooker or billiards, making them an example of IKnowMaddenKombat.

* ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'': Gold uses a cue stick as his WeaponOfChoice. Not only can he uses it to call out his Pokémon, but it's also strong enough to shatter ice and [[spoiler: keep Lugia, a legendary Pokemon, from closing his mouth to use his breath attacks]].

* ''Film/HardToKill'': Several {{Mooks}} are playing pool in the senator's mansion when Mason Storm finds them. They attack him with their cues (including one who breaks his in half to use as makeshift kali sticks), and he returns the favor, eventually stabbing one one of them in the neck with a broken cue.

* ''Film/ShaunOfTheDead'': Shaun, Liz and Ed all use pool cues to fend off a zombified Big John.

* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'': At the start of one episode Mal gets into a bar brawl using cue sticks after pickpocketing a [[AssholeVictim slave trader]]. Notably, the the balls were holographic (presumbably so they couldn't be used as weapons) but the sticks were not.

* ''WebVideo/BennettTheSage'': At the start of his review of ''Manga/ElfenLied'', Sage recalls being lured into a hotel conference room and "beaten" severely by several of his friends and (at that time) co-creators at Website/ChannelAwesome[[note]]everyone was using wiffle ball bats and similarly harmless items[[/note]], which culminated with someone breaking a pool cue across his back as he tried to get away. This was supposed to be faked, as the cue had been set up with a break spot, but [[SpecialEffectsFailure it actually broke several inches below that spot]], meaning he actually took the hit, which left a long welt across his back.

SisterTrope to SimpleStaff. Some users of this weapon might have an entire moveset revolving around pool, snooker or billiards, making them an example of IKnowMaddenCombat.

SisterTrope to SimpleStaff.

Like [[BatterUp baseball bats]] and [[GolfClubbing golf clubs]], cue sticks are sports equipment that frequently appear in fiction as weapons. Usually they are {{Improvised Weapon}}s in {{Bar Brawl}}s but some characters [[ImprobableWeaponUser will use them as their]] WeaponOfChoice. This is not too surprising as they are very close in length to staves.

* ''Series/Supergirl2015'': In "Exodus", Alex fights off several CADMUS agents who attack the alien bar.

* ''Film/CarlitosWay'': At a drug deal with his nephew, Carlito makes a show of teaching some goons a trick shot at their pool table. When his nephew's dealer ambushes and kills the nephew, Carlito smashes a goon in the face with a cue before grabbing his gun to shoot his way out.

* ''ComicBook/JMSSpiderMan'': During the ''Other'' story arc, Mary-Jane uses a pool cue to fight off a LoonyFan who had been [[StalkerWithACruch stalking her]].

Like [[BatterUp baseball bats]] and [[GolfClubbing golf clubs]], cue sticks are sports equipment that have a tendency to be used as weapons in fiction. Usually they are {{Improvised Weapon}}s in {{Bar Brawl}}s but some characters [[ImprobableWeaponUser actually will use them as their]] WeaponOfChoice. This is not too surprising as they are very close in length to staves.